Dump yard plot search

The Telegraph Kalimpong, Oct. 29: The Kalimpong Municipality has identified a plot of 10 acres at Lower Bhalukhop, about 5km from the town, to set up a permanent dumping ground. The new site is not far from Lower Newargoan, which had been identified by the previous GNLF board headed by C.K. Kumai. However, unlike the …

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Morcha plans conduct code

The Telegraph Kalimpong, Oct. 27: The central committee of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has suggested the setting up of a panel to prepare a code of conduct to ensure discipline in the party and streamline its functioning. The recommendation that came at the end of a meeting of the 43-member committee at Deolo hills last …

Four water tanks for hill residents

The Telegraph Kalimpong, Oct. 22: The Kalimpong Municipality will construct four additional storage tanks in town to facilitate better distribution of water to residents. The civic body will make use of the Rs 60 lakh it had received from the Bengal municipal affairs department about two years ago. “The previous board had received the money, …

Nooks to get new look

The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Oct. 21: A Rs 5-crore scheme has been launched by DGHC to set up infrastructure in little known tourist spots near Kalimpong to woo more visitors. The project for the integrated development of the tourism sites, funded by the central government, had been approved about two years back, but its …